Means for removing bottle caps



Dec. 3(1), 1930. v N. RAPORZ 1,787,018

lMEANS FOR REMOVING BOTTLE CAPS Filed Nov. 18, 1927 I rrae/VEK Patented Dec. 30, 1930 rar OFFICE NORMAN i?. ronz, or CLEVELAND, OHIO, AssIGNOR or ONE-HALF To GEORGE V. Ponz,

or CLEVELAND, OHIO MEANS FOR REI/LOVING BOTTLE CAPS Application filed November 18, 1927. Serial No. 234,125.

My invention particularly relates tomeans of the described character by which caps can be removed from bottles without spilling the contents, or having the contents under the contained pressure slopped upon the clothes and person ot' the operator or otherwise lost.

The annexed drawing and the following description set forth in detail certain means embodying my invention, such disclosed means constituting, however, but two of the forms in which the principle ot' the invention may be illustrated.

ln said annexed drawing:

Figure 1 is a side elevation Ot my improved f' bottle cap remover mounted upon the neck of a bottle and in position for operation;

Figure 2 is a fragmentary vertical section,

taken in the plane indicated by the line 2 2,

i through the body member ot' the cap remover; and

Figure 5 is a fragmentary side elevation ot a modified form ot remover in which a corkscrew element is utilized tor removing bottle corks in the same character of body structure shown in the preceding views.

Referring to the annexed drawing in which. the same parts are indicated by the same respective ordinals in the several views, my improved device is designed tor the purpose ot removing caps 2 or corks 22 from bottles 1, so that the bottle contents can be dispensed into containers such as tumblers 3, without the annoyance and loss of spilling the contents upon the operator or scattering part of the contents outside of the receptacle 3. The device comprises a shell or hollow body 4 having a chamber 5 and formed with a downwardly-extending cylindrical tubular neck-enclosing portion 6. The body member 4 is also formedwith the discharge spout 7. The construction is such as to permit the tubular portion 6 to enclose a material part of a bottle neck and still leave space above the bottle cap for the operation of a cap remover and for the reception of the bottle contents and the diverting of thesame into the discharge spout 7. It is thus evi* dent that the' body member 4, including the neck-enclosing portion 6 and the discharge spout 7, is a unitary structure and that it is adapted to enclose a very materialv part, if not a major part, of the bottle neck. 'For the purpose of providing a fulcrum for the operation of a handle by which the cap 2 may be removed, 1 provide an upwardly-extended bracket member 8 upon the body member 4, within which is pivotally mounted intermediately its ends, a handle member 9 formed with a .yoke member 23 at one end within which is pivotally mounted one end of a linkr 10 whose other end is pivotally secured by a pin 12 to a plunger rod 13, one end of the link 1() being formed into a clevis-portion 11 for the purpose of this'connection, ythe rod 13 being extended through a boss 14 formed upon the upper face of the body member 4 and into the chamber 5 of said body member.

the inner contained end of the rod 13 being formed with a plate 15 adapted more or less tightly to engage the flat upper tace of the bottle-cap 2,this plate 15 being formed with a depending hooklikemember 16 adapted to engage under the cap 2.

Itis evident from an inspection of Figures 1 and 4 that the actuation of the handle 9, after the body member 4 has been placed over the neck of the bottle 1 to a-point where the plate 15 engages the cap 2, will result in the removal of the cap and the discharge of part of the contents of the bottle 1, under whatever contained pressure there is in the bottle, into the chamber 5, whence upon tipping the bottle, the whole contents can be discharged through the spout 7 into the receptacle 3., The cap 2 when removed usually VJfalls into the position 24` indicated in Figure 4.

In Order to prevent the discharge or leakage ofthe bottle contents at any other point than through the opening in kthe spout 7, two gaskets are provided. One ot these gaskets is located at the bottom of the downwardlyextending neck-enclosing portion 6 as indicated at 20, to prevent leakage along the neck of the bottle; the second gasket is provided on top of the plate 15, as indicated by ordinal 17, in order to prevent leakage through the opening in the boss 14 when the plate 15 and gasket 17 are in the uppermost position, shown in Figure 4. It will be understood that these parts 15 and 17 automatically jump to the uppermost position asia result of the forces exerted by the operator when the cap 2'leaves the bottle. n

In the modified form of the device shown in Figure 5, intended for the withdrawal of corks 22 by a corkscrew, I dispense with the link 10 and plunger rod 13 and cooperating elements, and mount a cork-screw handle bar 19 in a groove 18 which is formed upon the top of the yoke-shaped end 23 of the handle 9, there being secured to this handle bar 19 a downwardly-extended stem 21 of a corkJ `screw 25 adapted to be turned into the cork 22b`efore the bar 19 is mounted upon the complished as will be apparent from the construction shown and described, and then the cork 22' removed by the downward actuation of the handle 9 and the contents of the bottle secured in the same manner described withchamber thereof, and formed therein with a cap-engaging portion.

3. A bottle-cap remover comprising,a unitary chambered body member formed with an extended tubular bottom portion having a bottom opening ada ted to receive a bottle neck, said body mem er being also formed with a discharge spout, said neck-enclosing portion being provided with sealing means; a handle member pivotally mounted upon said body member; a link pivotally secured to said handle member; and a connecting rod pivotally'secured to said link, intersecting the top of said body member and extending into the chamber thereof, and formed therein with a cap-engaging portion.

Signed by me this 16th day of November,

NORMAN P. PORZ.

vhandle 9, this mounting being then easily acl ure 5, there is no member corresponding to the washer 17; however, theV cork serves this purpose as it automatically takes a position covering the opening in the boss 14 upon being removed from the bottle.

Due to the varying distances from the tops Vof bottles to the plane on the neck of the bottle which has a diameter equal to the inside ol the gasket 20, it is necessary to provide for a rather long range of travel of the hook member 16 and cooperating elements. Such travel is provided in the device shown, so thatit is adapted to remove caps from bottles of all shapes commonly found in use.

What I claim is: I

1.l A. bottle-cap remover comprising, a unitary chambered body member formed with an extended tubular portion adapted to enclose abottle neck, said body member being also formed with a discharge spout, said neck-enclosing portion being provided with sealing means; and a handle member pivotally mounted upon said body member and formed with a cap-engaging portion extending within the chamber of saidbody member.

2. AV bottle-cap remover comprising, a unitary chambered body member formed with an extended tubular bottom portionhaving a Y bottom opening adapted to receive a bottle neck, said body member being also Jformed with a discharge spout, said neck-enclosing portion being provided with sealing means;V a handle member'pivotally mounted upon said body member; and a connecting rod pivotally secured to said handle member, intersecting said body member andV extending into the 

